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                      Esagono -  Vicolo

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Artist........................: Esagono
Album.........................: Vicolo
Genre.........................: Jazz, Rock
Year..........................: 1976
Coutry........................: Italy
Quality.......................: Lossless (APE)
Channels......................: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Included......................: CUE, LOG APE
Tags..........................: jazz,rock,tnt
Ripped by.....................: st1958
Uploaded by...................: st1958 (ed2k)

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                         Tracklisting
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1 Five To Four................: 4:37
2 Serpente Piumato............: 4:37
3 Dedalo E Icaro..............: 5:32
4 Diatomea....................: 5:40
5 Arena.......................: 5:45
6 Araba Fenice................: 8:24
7 Maja........................: 4:13
8 Nino........................: 4:15
9 Vicolo......................: 4:06

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                           Credits
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Bass..........................: Marco Gallesi
Drums.........................: Giorgio Diaferia
Guitar........................: Claudio Montafia, Luigi Venegoni
Keyboards.....................: Marco Cimino
Percussion....................: Marco Astarita
Piano.........................: Aldo Rindone
Saxophone.....................: Arturo Vitale
Saxophone sopranino...........: Gianni Cinti
     

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                         Description
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«Esagono, from Turin, featured members of the band Arti & Mestieri and 
Errata Corrige. They released this feisty and classy instrumental 
jazz-rock album in 1976 on the MU record label»

«Vicolo recalls things like Arti & Mestieri and perhaps Isotope or 
Hatfield/North in places with accomplished playing and obvious passion 
for jazz. But there is a wild card here that I love: the instrumentation 
is spiced up with some cello, sax, flute, piano and other keys which 
keeps things interesting. Marco Gallesi's bass is all over the place and
quite "in your face." And of course the percussion is really tight. But
what I most like about this album is that it has more life, more warmth
to it than some of the other jazz-rock I've tried in the past. It's not 
cold, predictable, or mechanical. The album takes a moment to warm up 
with the first two tracks being less impressive than the rest. But things
take off somewhere during the third song and never look back! The middle
of the CD tracklist is the slam dunk for me: "Arena" is very cool with 
lots of effects at the beginning that give it almost a space-rock-psych
feel on top of the jazzy rhythms. The bass is monster, the flutes are
heavenly and the keyboard solos out of this world. The 8 ½ minute 
"Araba Fenice" might be the highlight for me. Acoustic guitars, hand
percussion, and a middle Eastern atmosphere give the track a 
mysterious and attractive backdrop for the soloists. The pace varies 
and changes keeping you on the edge of your seat.» 

Source: progarchives.com 

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